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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 87 SW 2 |
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Type of record: | Findspot |
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Name: | Roman jar, found 1865, Darnet Ness, Gillingham |
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Summary
A Roman jar, found in 1865 at Darnet Ness on the east bank of the lower Medway. Identified as a Roman wide-mouthed jar dating from the late 1st/early 2nd century. Now thought to be in store at Maidstone Museum. Nothing further was seen on a visit to the site during a 2004 coastal survey.
Grid Reference: | TQ 806 708 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ87SW |
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Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- JAR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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DARNET NESS. On the east bank of the lower Medway a Roman wide-mouthed jar (late 1st/early 2nd cent.) was found in 1865.(a) (1) Not on exhibition, but probably in store at Maidstone Museum (2). Additional references (3,4). Site photographs (5-7). No visible remains in 2004. (8)
<1> Kent Arch Soc Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE45884.
<2> VCH Kent vol 3 1932 151 (OS Card Reference). SKE51213.
<3> F1 ASP 11-AUG-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42046.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 87 SW 2 - April, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4690.
<5> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11201.
<6> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11203.
<7> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11205.
<8> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | OS Card Reference: Kent Arch Soc Mus. |
<2> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent vol 3 1932 151. |
<3>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 11-AUG-63. [Mapped feature: #32336 find, ] |
<4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 87 SW 2 - April, 1963. |
<5> | Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TQ8070/4. print. |
<6> | Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TQ8070/6. print. |
<7> | Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TQ8070/8. print. |
<8> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report. |